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Setting up a Trezor Model T Hardware Wallet from scratch

This is a promoted post. Read more in our Editorial Policy In the second of our series of articles on the Trezor Model T, we look at how you can set up your wallet from …

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A review of using Dublin’s newest Northside Bitcoin & Ethereum ATM

For those of you who don’t fancy a trip to Dublin’s latest Southside bitcoin atm, there has been a new kiosk placed in It-Fix on Parnell Street, beside Chapters Bookstore, which lets you purchase bitcoin …

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A review of Dublin’s latest Southside Bitcoin & Ethereum ATM

So following on from the recent annoucement of new bitcoin and ethereum ATM’s in Dublin and Cork as well as the closure of GSM Solutions which hosted the only other ATM in the city, I’ve …

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How to buy a Trezor One Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

May 2018 update- Trezor One wallets now support Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Dash, Litecoin, ZCash and also can integrate with MyEtherWallet for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, and a new 2018 Model T version is …

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How do you mine bitcoin?

The entire bitcoin blockchain, for all the transactions it moves around, relies on bitcoin miners to keep the network humming away. Especially with the recent blocksize debate, the role of miners has come to the …

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Why not to mine coins on your laptop – a €600 lesson

May 2018 update – This article was originally written in 2015, and remains valid when discussing bitcoin/BTC mining. However, in the meantime a variety of altcoins and forks of bitcoin can use GPU mining, although …

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If you'd prefer to buy quickly using a debit or credit card and don't mind paying a small premium, we recommend CEX.

If you're looking for an decent and reliable EU based exchange, we recommend and use Coinmate which is a low fee exchange with a maker/taker model, that offers Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Dash, Ripple and Litecoin. You can also read our Coinmate review.

Alternatively, if you'd like a mobile app or web based trading platform you can join Coinbase. If you want to trade peer-to-peer (albeit with a markup) paying by bank transfer or cash, you can use the Irish version of LocalBitcoins.

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If you want to buy a secure, hardware based wallet that supports Bitcoin, Ethereum (via MyEtherWallet) and other major cryptocurrencies including Dash, Litecoin and zCash, we use and highly recommend Trezor Bitcoin Hardware Wallet which is available in white or black from €59 + Shipping. You can read our unboxing of the Trezor Model T or our Trezor One Wallet Review to see why.

Alternatively there are other reliable hardware wallets available such as the Ledger Nano S which costs €59 + shipping or a Keepkey which costs $79 + shipping.

If you're looking for a simple, free mobile wallet for your iOS or Android device that also lets you buy and sell crypto, we recommend Coinbase which will give you €8 free bitcoin if you buy/sell more than €89 in crypto.

If you're just getting started with cryptocurrency, there are several methods to get your first couple of euro of cryptocurrency to put in your wallet.

You can also earn $10 worth of Stellar Lumens (XLM) or $10 worth of EOS by signing up to Coinbase Earn and once you're registered get another $20 or so of other altcoins which you can exchange into bitcoin or ethereum

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Want to use your computer to mine cryptocurrency? Cudominer lets you mine a variety of cryptocurrencies and you will get a bonus 10,000 satoshis once you mine your first 5,000 satoshis worth of crypto. Note, this could potentially cause damage to your machine as we learned the hard way so do it at your own risk.

Finally, if you want to try a faucet to earn small amounts of crypto which pay out when you reach a certain threshold of bitcoin, you can roll the dice and potentially get up to $100 in bitcoin once an hour by registering with Free Bitco.in or alternatively sign up to Moonbit and visit the site every few hours to fill in a captcha and earn some crypto which you can cash out to your wallet after reaching their threshold.